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Summary Full-Stack "Vibe Coder" with a Founder's Brain — Build & Test SaaS MVPs Fast ## The short version I'm a founder/operator with a steady pipeline of product ideas, and I need a builder to bring them to life with me. Some of these are already partly built — I'm not starting from a blank page every time. I move fast, I understand business deeply, and I'm looking for someone who can take a rough concept and ship a working product, then help me put it in front of real users with paid ads to see if it has legs. Here's the honest challenge, and why most applicants won't be a fit: **it's easy to find a strong engineer, and it's easy to find someone who gets business. The rare combination is both in one person.** I need someone who can write the code *and* understand why we're building it, push back on bad ideas, and think about whether the thing will actually make money. If that's you, keep reading. I have experience doing this but I need to leverage my time. This is where you come in. ## What you'll actually do - Take a half-formed idea (sometimes a paragraph, sometimes a partial build) and help me scope it into a shippable MVP — fast. - Build it end to end: front end, back end, auth, payments, database, deployment. AI-assisted development ("vibe coding") is exactly how I want you to work — fast, iterative, leveraging modern tools. I care about what ships and whether it works, not ceremony. - Wire in AI where it belongs (Claude / OpenAI APIs) — most of what I build is AI-powered. - Stand up landing pages and analytics, then help me run Meta/Google ad tests against the product to validate demand. - Read the results with me — conversion rates, cost per acquisition, what's resonating — and iterate quickly based on what the data says. ## You're a fit if you - **Ship full products solo** using AI-assisted dev tools (Cursor, Claude Code, Lovable, v0, Replit, Windsurf, etc.) — real fluency, not dabbling. - Are full-stack enough to take something live: React/Next or similar, APIs, auth, Stripe, a real database (Supabase/Postgres or equivalent), and deployment. - **Think like a founder, not a ticket-taker.** You can translate a vague business idea into a scoped build, make smart tradeoffs, and tell me when an idea is wrong. - **Understand growth and unit economics.** You've set up landing pages and analytics and have actually run paid ad tests — or can clearly show you understand funnels, CTR, conversion, CAC, and LTV. - Take direction well and work async. I'll give you clear direction; you run with it without hand-holding. ## Bonus points - You've launched your own products or startups (this is the strongest signal of the blend I'm looking for). - Experience with automation/no-code tools (n8n, Zapier, Make). - B2B / SaaS background. - Decent eye for UX and design. ## How we'll work - Async and direction-driven. Clear briefs from me, fast execution from you. - We'll **start with one small paid trial build** so we both see whether the fit is real before committing to more. - Strong ongoing potential — I have a pipeline, not a one-off. ## How to apply (read this carefully — it's the filter) 1. **Start your proposal with the word `VIBE`** so I know you actually read this. 2. Send **2–3 live links to products YOU personally built and shipped** — not agency work, not team projects. One line each on what it does and any real-world result (users, revenue, what you learned). 3. In 3–4 sentences, tell me about **one time you took a vague idea, built it, and tested it with real users or paid ads.** What happened? 4. List the AI development tools you actually build with day to day. Please don't send a generic portfolio or a wall of framework logos. I care about what you've shipped and what it did in the real world. ## Logistics - **Rate:** I'm open on location and paying for the skill blend, not the time zone. - **Engagement:** Paid trial project first → ongoing if it clicks.